Software developers know the thing you can count on in your career is change. Microsoft is redefining the way apps are developed -- are you ready to get on board?

The Windows 8 platform features Windows Runtime (WindowsRT),
a new framework for building applications that provides capabilities never
before available on a Windows machine. “You will need to adopt a new interface
that elevates touch to a first-class citizen but always provides ways to
navigate using the mouse and keyboard,” says Jeremy Likness, author of new
release Building Apps with C# and XAML. “You will have to get used to code that
calls native unmanaged components in a way that is almost transparent, and deal
with a new set of controls and components that previously did not exist.”

This is the first practical guide to building breakthrough
applications for Windows 8 from project templates through publication to the new
Windows Store. Likness illuminates the entire apps lifecycle, from planning and
Model-View-View Model (MVVM) based design through coding, testing, packaging,
and deployment.

Replacing the Start menu, a vertical toolbar known as the ________
Bar(accessed by swiping from the right edge of a touchscreen, or pointing the
cursor at hotspots in the right corners of a screen) provides access to system
and app-related functions in Windows 8.Click here for hint.

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